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Renault: Hard to justify costs purely as an engine supplier

Renault F1 chief Cyril Abiteboul has spoken out about the high costs of supplying engines in Formula 1, and admits it is hard to justify spending out as much as they do without having a factory team. Renault chairman Carlos Ghosn spoke to F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone during the Monaco Grand Prix about the long term plans of the company, but a key factor brought up in the discussions was cost. 'There have been a lot of comments from many people who are not representative of Renault – so it was good to take the opportunity of the annual catch up that is Monaco in the absence of a French GP, to do that with Bernie without any middle man,” said Abiteboul to Motorsport.com 'The one thing I...
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